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Timeline of Top News Stories 1990-1999
With links to coverage from the Facts On File® World News Digest
1999
- Year in Review
- Russian President Yeltsin Steps Down, Putin Named President (December 31, 1999)
- Northern Ireland Granted Home Rule (December 2, 1999)
- East Timor Voters Overwhelmingly Back Independence (August 30, 1999)
- Major Earthquake Kills 15,000 in Turkey (August 17, 1999)
- John F. Kennedy Jr. Dies in Plane Crash (July 16, 1999)
- Barak Elected Israel's Prime Minister, Unseating Rightist Netanyahu (May 17, 1999)
- Teens Kill 13 at Colorado's Columbine High School (April 20, 1999)
- NATO Launches Air Strikes Against Yugoslavia (March 24, 1999)
- U.S. President Clinton Acquitted in Impeachment Trial (February 12, 1999)
- Jordan's King Hussein Dies (February 7, 1999)
1998
- Year in Review
- World Markets Buffeted by Russian, Asian Crises (December 31, 1998)
- U.S. and Britain Launch Air Attack on Iraq (December 30, 1998)
- U.S. President Clinton Impeached in Sex-and-Perjury Scandal (December 19, 1998)
- Democrats Gain in U.S. Midterm Elections, Voters Ignore White House Scandal (November 3, 1998)
- Israel, Palestinians Sign Land-for-Peace Deal (October 23, 1998)
- Chilean Ex-President Augusto Pinochet Arrested in Britain; Charged with Human Rights Abuses (October 16, 1998)
- McGwire Breaks Maris's Home Run Mark (September 8, 1998)
- U.S. Embassies Bombed in Kenya and Tanzania (August 7, 1998)
- Indonesian President Suharto Resigns (May 21, 1998)
- India, Pakistan Conduct Nuclear Tests (May 1998)
- Northern Ireland Self-Rule Settlement Set (April 10, 1998)
1997
- Year in Review
- Asian Economic Woes Roil World Markets (December 1997)
- El Nino's Effects Seen Across Americas (December 1997)
- Congress, Justice Department Investigate Democratic Party Fund-raising (July - December, 1997)
- Diana, Princess of Wales, Killed in Paris Car Crash (August 31, 1997)
- Clinton, Congress Agree to Balance Budget (July 28, 1997)
- U.S. 'Pathfinder' Probe Explores Martian Surface (July 4, 1997)
- Hong Kong Sovereignty Reverts to China (June 30, 1997)
- Zairian President Mobutu Steps Down, Flees; Kabila Sworn in as President of Congo (May 16, 1997)
- Labour Party Led by Tony Blair Routs Tories in British Election; Conservative Rule Ends after 18 Years (May 1, 1997)
- Thirty-nine Heaven's Gates Cultists Perish in Suicide Ritual in California (March 26, 1997)
- British Scientists Clone Adult Sheep (February 23, 1997)
1996
- Year in Review
- One Million Refugees Return to Rwanda (November - December 1996)
- Clinton Reelected U.S. President (November 5, 1996)
- Bosnian Collective Presidency Established (September 14, 1996)
- Welfare Reforms Set (August 22, 1996)
- Bomb Explodes at Olympic Games Park Site in Atlanta, Georgia (July 27, 1996)
- TWA Flight 800 Crashes in Atlantic Ocean, Killing 230 (July 17, 1996)
- Yeltsin Wins Russian Presidential Election (July 3, 1996)
- Netanyahu Elected Israeli Prime Minister (May 29, 1996)
- 'Unabomber' Suspect Theodore Kaczynski Arrested (April 3, 1996)
- U.S. Astronaut Shannon Lucid Sets 188-Day Space Flight Record (March 22 - September 26, 1996)
1995
- Year in Review
- Bosnian Combatants Sign Peace Treaty (December 14, 1995)
- Congress, White House Duel Over Budget (November - December 1995)
- Israel's Rabin Assassinated (November 4, 1995)
- Quebec Voters Reject Canadian Secession (October 30, 1995)
- Black Men Gather at U.S. Capital for 'Million Man March' (October 16, 1995)
- O. J. Simpson Acquitted in Double Murder Trial (October 3, 1995)
- Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombed; 168 Slain (April 19, 1995)
- Nerve-Gas Attack on Tokyo Subway System Launched by Aum Shinrikyo Cult, 10 Killed (March 20, 1995)
- Mexico Receives International Loans (January 31, 1995)
- Earthquake in Kobe, Japan Kills 5,000 (January 17, 1995)
1994
- Year in Review
- Russia Invades Chechnya (December 11, 1994)
- Republicans Win Control of U.S. Congress for First Time in 40 Years (November 8, 1994)
- North Korea, U.S. Sign Pact Defusing Nuclear Crisis (October 21, 1994)
- Aristide Returns to Power in Haiti (October 15, 1994)
- Congress Abandons Clinton Health-Care Reform Effort (September 26, 1994)
- Former Arkansas State Employee Accuses Clinton of Sexual Harassment (May 6, 1994)
- Israel, PLO Ratify Accord To Implement Limited Self-Rule (May 4, 1994)
- CIA Agent Ames Sentenced for Spying (April 28, 1994)
- First Universal Suffrage Elections Held in South Africa; Nelson Mandela Elected President (April 26-29, 1994)
- Civil War Ravages Rwanda; Refugee Crisis Ensues (April 8, 1994)
- Clinton Accused of Financial Wrongdoing in 'Whitewater' Scandal (January - December 1994)
- Major Earthquake Rocks Los Angeles (January 17, 1994)
1993
- Year in Review: International; U.S.
- GATT Trade Agreement Signed (December 15, 1993)
- South Africa Adopts Multiracial Constitution (November 18, 1993)
- U.S. Congress Approves NAFTA Trade Pact (November 17-20, 1993)
- Russian Parliamentarians' Revolt Put Down (October 4, 1993)
- Clinton Unveils Health-Care Reform Proposals to Congress (September 22, 1993)
- Israel, PLO Sign Palestinian Self-Rule Accord (September 13, 1993)
- Clinton Budget-Deficit Reduction Plan Clears Congress (August 5-6, 1993)
- Clinton Issues 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy for Gays in the Military (July 19, 1993)
- Japan's Liberal Democrats Turned Out of Office (July 18, 1993)
- Floods Ravage U.S. Midwest (Summer 1993)
- U.N. Takes Over Somali Relief Effort (May 4, 1993)
- Bomb at World Trade Center in New York City Kills Five (February 26, 1993)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) Signed (January 3, 1993)
1992
- Year in Review
- Bush Pardons Iran-Contra Figures (December 24, 1992)
- North American Free Trade Zone Agreed (December 17, 1992)
- U.S. Intervenes Against Somali Famine (December 9, 1992)
- Bill Clinton Defeats George Bush in Presidential Race (November 3, 1992)
- Hurricane Andrew Ravages Florida, Louisiana (August 24-26, 1992)
- Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Limits (June 29, 1992)
- Earth Summit on Economic Development and the Environment Held in Rio de Janeiro (June 3-14, 1992)
- U.N. Imposes Sanctions on Yugoslavia as Civil War Spreads to Bosnia (May 30, 1992)
- Riots Devastate Los Angeles (April 29 - May 3, 1992)
- South Africans Approve End to Minority Rule (March 17, 1992)
1991
- Year in Review
- Soviet Union Dissolves (December 25, 1991)
- U.S. Economy Recovers, then Stagnates (December 1991)
- Western Europe Moves Closer to Unity with Signing of Maastricht Treaty (December 11, 1991)
- U.S. Civil-Rights Act Signed (November 21, 1991)
- Clarence Thomas Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice following Bitter Nomination Hearings (October 15, 1991)
- Coup Attempt by Communist Hardliners Fails to Oust Soviet President Gorbachev (August 19, 1991)
- U.S., Soviet Union Sign START I Arms Reduction Pact (July 31, 1991)
- Civil War Erupts in Yugoslavia (June 25, 1991)
- U.S. Banking Crisis Unfolds (January - December 1991)
- U.N. Coalition, Led by the U.S., Drives Iraqi Forces from Kuwait (January - February 1991)
1990
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